Vending machine operated by a check ticket to record use thereon
OwnerAllan Ahlstrominventor
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Abstract
A vending machine having a number of compartments is operable by a check ticket, which is inserted in a slot in the machine. Each compartment is blocked by a gate plate, which is swingable outwards/upwards to permit the removal of the goods. This movement is, by way of a linkage, transferred to an embossing mechanism, which makes a mark upon the ticket at a particular spot for each compartment being opened. The linkage includes a catching device which prevents operation unitl a detent therein is magnetically operated by the check ticket.
Claims5
A vending machine having a number of compartments arranged in at least one row and a release mechanism box to one side of said at least one row,
- a blocking means at each compartment,
- an individual shaft extending from each of said compartments into said release mechanism box and being rotatably mounted in said machine,
- means for fixedly attaching each blocking means to its corresponding shaft, an embossing mechanism within said box containing axially displaceable embossing stamps corresponding to the number of compartments,
- levers within said box for operating said stamps and means at each of said shafts for actuating a particular lever,
- a catching device setable in either of two positions, and adapted in one position to prevent movements of said lever,
- a passage in said box adapted to permit the insertion of a check ticket having a portion of magnetically attractible material across the path of the axial movement of said embossing stamps, and
- a release mechanism for said catching device including a detent being magnetically attractible by said check ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.